COHESIVELY ENHANCING CAPACITY OF ASEAN COMMUNITY STATISTICAL SYSTEM TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO GREATER DATA NEEDS                                                                                                                                                                           CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE ASEAN COMMUNITY STATISTICAL SYSTEM

The Tenth Session of the ASEAN Community Statistical System Committee (ACSS10) Open Session, 9 December 2020

On the morning of December 8, 2020, the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam collaborated with the Statistics Division (ASEANstats) to hold online meeting of The 10th Session of the ASEAN Community Statistical System Committee (Open session). Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - General Director of General Statistics Office of Viet Nam delivered her opening speech.


In addition to the delegates who attended the close session on December 8, 2020, International Organizations and Development Partners are also invited to attend the open session to share relevant experiences and best practices on showcasing the strategy in responding Covid-19 pandemic situation. 

At the opening session, the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam presented a Video screening on Viet Nam‘s activities in its Chairmanship. Following that, Mr. Pham Quang Vinh - Deputy Director of GSO of Viet Nam presented the ACSS10 Chair’s highlights on the Theme and Key Deliverables for 2020 ACSS Work Programme.

The opening session on December 9, 2020 of the ACSS Committee focused on updating information on a number of main contents as follows: Outcomes of the ASEAN Summits and Ministerial Meetings of relevance to the ACSS Work Programme, Revised AWP 2021 and Indicative AWP 2022, The result of ASEANstats and AMS assessment on the ACSS Open Data Implementation Framework, The on-going work programmes and achievements of ACSS WGs in 2020, ARISE Plus’s update on the sub-component on statistics in the ARISE Plus, 2020-2021 and Review of the final draft Joint Media Statement.

Following the discussion of ACSS Committee members about highlights of the 10th Session ACSS Committee, Statistics Brunei presented the background information of the 11th ACSS Committee meeting held in Brunei.

At the end of the meeting, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - General Director of General Statistics Office of Viet Nam gave a closing speech at the 10th session of ACSS Committee.